March 18, 2024

The Defikopter is a UAV that can be activated by a smartphone app to automatically take to the skies and drop a defibrillator to medical personnel on the ground, shaving precious seconds from the time it takes to receive treatment for cardiac arrest.

The idea for the drone comes from Definetz, a non-profit group dedicated to preventing deaths due to heart failure.

via Defikopter drone air-drops a defibrillator to EMTs on the ground.

Interesting idea. Won’t work here in the Land o’ the Lawsuit.

1 thought on “Defikopter drone air-drops a defibrillator to EMTs on the ground

  1. chuckle….back in the early 1980s, we were informed that part of the testing of the LifePak V for USAF approval was to drop the test models from a helo 50 feet above a paved pad, and the LPV had to *work* after hitting the ground…

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